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' 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐅𝐈𝐅𝐓𝐄𝐄𝐍 '

IN THE security of her simplistic bedroom Victoria was checking out what was on the USB-stick. She had managed to block F.R.I.D.A.Y. from seeing and intervening in what she was doing, something she learned from Peter. She connected the USB to the computer she was provided by Tony.

There was only one thing to be found on the stick. Hidden away in a separate map of a map and so forth she found a video.

Victoria hesitated for a moment to open it, but her curiosity and determination won. She opened the video, which automatically started playing.

Doctor Hyde walks into view and sits down behind a white desk, smiling at the camera. She couldn't see the background as it was shrouded in darkness. Though she did not believe he would have left clues to where he was whether the lights were on or not.

She leans back. Her eyes narrow down on the screen as she watches the scene unfold in front of her. The Doctor entwines his hands on the table. He stares directly into the camera and begins speaking.

"Welcome, my Scorpion. I had no doubt it would be you to find this USB. None of the Avengers know me or my reasons as well as you do. Surely you had hoped to find me in my home. I can imagine the disappointment you felt when you realised your trace went dead once again.

But here is your last chance. Come to Washington D.C. New York Avenue, 503. You will find me there."

The Doctor starts chuckling. He was looking smugly into the camera. The bastard knew he had the upper hand in this moment and he basked in that. But Victoria was determined to wipe that smirk off his face. Her hateful glare was still on the doctor that had hurt her and made her a slave with wrong ideals.

"I will see you soon, my soldier," he says before the screen turns black.

Victoria pulls the USB from the laptop. She was going to destroy it and then head to Washington as soon as she could. For a moment she hesitated if she should tell the others about her discovery. In the end she decided against it.

Sure, if all the Avengers came along they would be a powerful force. But it also meant putting everyone in danger for her personal vendetta. No, this was a fight she must win on her own.

And she would only be satisfied if she held the heart of Doctor Hyde in her hand, freshly ripped from his chest.

She put the USB away and walks downstairs. She was still in her suit, but it was also what she was most comfortable in. When she got to the main living area she was surprised to see all the Avengers together. It was a Saturday but everyone was together. Even Peter, who was usually with his Aunt May in the weekends.

Her father just walked out of the kitchen with a bowl of potato chips in his hands when he noticed her. He stops walking and frees one hand so he can wave at her. "Hey, everyone is going to watch a movie. Do you want to join us?"

Victoria swallows while looking her dad straight into his blue, earnest eyes. She didn't deserve someone as patient, as kind and as loving as him, but she got him anyways. It made her glad yet also scared. Where was the trick? Where was the karma that was surely awaiting her for all the bad she had done?